netdev - Re: [PATCH v0 03/12] mlxsw: core: Add core environment module for port temperature reading

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Message-ID: <20180621171120.GA6830@lunn.ch>
Date:   Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:11:20 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Vadim Pasternak <vadimp@...lanox.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...nulli.us
Subject: Re: [PATCH v0 03/12] mlxsw: core: Add core environment module for
 port temperature reading

> New internal API reads the temperature from all the modules, which are
> equipped with the thermal sensor and exposes temperature according to
> the worst measure. All individual temperature values are normalized to
> pre-defined range.

Hi Vadim

Could you explain this normalization process. Why are you not just
expose each sensors temperature in millidegrees C, which is the normal
for HWMON.

    Andrew